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Two Louisiana police officers have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the Tuesday night shooting death of 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis. Officers Norris Greenhouse Jr., 23, and Lt. Derrick Stafford, 32, were working side jobs as marshals in the city of Marksville when the shooting occurred, and State Police Col. Mike Edmonson says body camera footage recovered from the officers is "the most disturbing thing I've seen," the AP reports. Two other officers moonlighting for the marshal agency were present at the shooting and Edmonson says more arrests are possible, reports the Advocate, which notes that there appear to be tensions between the city and the agency, which is run by a school bus driver who lacks law enforcement certification.

Jeremy, whose grandmother says he was recently diagnosed as autistic, died after being shot five times and his father, Chris Few, was critically injured when officers opened fire on their vehicle, NBC reports. "That little boy was buckled in the front seat of that vehicle and that is how he died," Edmonson said at a Friday night press conference. "He didn't deserve to die like that." The officers claimed to be pursuing a warrant, but Edmonson told reporters at a Friday night conference that "no warrant has materialized" and Few was unarmed. He says at least 18 shots were fired by officers during the incident, which took place at an intersection, not a dead end as previously reported, according to the Advocate. (Read more shooting stories.)

It just gets worser and worser.... http://nypost.com/2015/11/07/cops-in-shooting-death-of-autistic-boy-have-history-of-violence/

Sam the Sham

Nov 8, 2015 8:14 AM CST

"White Child Murdered By Black Police". I am offended that this is NOT the headline for this article. Not stating that the victim is white and the offenders are black is racist!

mind_riot

Nov 8, 2015 12:04 AM CST

no im shocked, im shot that they are pressing charges, perhaps this will stop being protecting and serving as usual. kudos, i think becoming a police officer should be like getting in a gang. you should have to be able to fight at least 2 guys your size or your out, it sounds barbaric but so does shooting at everybody that makes you scarred which is apparently everybody,